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Mayor proclaims NAACP Charleston Branch Day; local branch leaders accept recognition

City of Charleston City Council · November 13, 2025

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Mayor William S. Cogswell Jr. read a proclamation recognizing the NAACP Charleston Branch’s history and recent activities and proclaimed Nov. 14, 2025, as NAACP Charleston Branch Day; branch president Dorothy M. Jenkins accepted the proclamation and thanked the council.

Mayor William S. Cogswell Jr. read a proclamation honoring the NAACP Charleston Branch for its long history of advocating for education, voting rights and desegregation in Charleston and noted the branch’s founding in 1917 by artist Edwin Harleston and recent activities including a Veterans Day breakfast and a new office at the James Lewis…

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